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Kelley Robinson Wins Season Opener at Wesley Clover Parks


Ottawa, Ontario – Kelley Robinson of Russell, ON, opened the show jumping season at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON, with a hometown win in the $15,000 Julia MacAngus Memorial Grand Prix on Saturday, May 27, 2023. Shane Wooley de-


signed an inviting course in the All-Weather Ring which saw three horse-and-rider


prefer that than everyone going clean!” said Robin- son, 39, who operates Cimarron Show Stables and had 19 horses competing at the Ottawa Welcome be- tween herself and students. “Shane did a really good job with the course. I had to go first in the jump-off, so I tried to go semi-fast. My horse is only eight so doesn’t quite know what she’s doing yet. She was clean and she was the only one to jump double-clear. “My friend, Robin


$15,000 Julia MacAngus Memorial Grand Prix held on May 27, 2023, at Wesley Clover Parks in Ottawa, ON. Photo by Sunkist Media


combinations jump clear in the first round and advance to the all-deciding jump-off. Robinson was the first to go and laid down another clear round riding Foolproof in a time of 36.10 seconds, set- ting the standard for the two riders still to come. Frank Hendriks of


Carleton Place, ON, was next to challenge and while he had the time in 33.71 sec- onds, a rail down would eventually leave him run- ner-up riding Chapeau. As the last to go, Robert Carey of Bolton, ON, had the final say riding Don’t Worry Farmer, owned by Millar


Brooke Farm & DK USA Sporthorses. Despite stop- ping the timers in 35.15 sec- onds to also be faster on the clock, Carey dropped a rail midway through the course, handing the victory to Robinson. “It was a great class


with three clear. I would Kelley Robinson of Russell, ON, was double-clear riding Foolproof to win the


Hannah, bred her and I’ve had the ride on her since she was five,” continued Robin- son of the grey mare sired by Conquest. “She’s a pretty special gal; a bit of a hot mamma. She’s traffic shy and strange, but she’s quick and she tries really hard. She’s really a special creature.” The $15,000 Julia


MacAngus Grand Prix was the featured event of the Ot- tawa Welcome tournament running May 25 to 28, 2023. The $15,000 Grand Prix was held in memory of


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Cynthia Neale-Ishoy receives Lifetime Achievement Award


Cynthia Neale-Ishoy of Hannon,


ON has been awarded the Lifetime Achievement Award for her unwaver- ing commitment to horses, sport and the community and industry over many decades. This award is given to an individual whose contributions to the Canadian equestrian community are considered exceptional by their peers, and whose long-term service and dedication have contributed di- rectly to the ongoing growth and de- velopment of Canadian equestrian sport and industry. Neale-Ishoy, one of Canada’s


most successful dressage athletes of all time, was born in Edmonton, Al- berta and will turn 71 in June 2023. She began her sports career as a swim- mer, but then started riding when she was 12 years old, while her father was stationed on an Air Force base in Ger- many. Only a few short years later, her international equestrian success was ignited as part of the gold medal team at the 1971 Pan American Games. A six-time Olympian, Neale-


Ishoy was the youngest equestrian at the 1972 Munich Games at just 20 years old and became the first Cana-


dian to win an international dressage Grand Prix in 1979 in Goodwood, England. She then placed seventh at the 1986 World Championships and reached the podium with a second- place finish at the 1988 World Cup in the Netherlands. She then took fourth in the individual class and went on to win a team bronze (with Eva-Maria Pracht, Ashley Nicoll-Holzer and Gina Smith) at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. In October of 1993, just three months after giving birth to her second child, she made a remarkable return to


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